0 an officer who looks after a ship’s boats, ropes, sails etc -- pegawai kapal
The bosun is responsible for maintaining the ship’s rigging.
The boatswain was degraded and sentenced to 50 lashes while the four others were sentenced to 27 lashes.
Sailors, craftsmen and boatswains were known for fostering a tolerant attitude towards alcohol.
Just aft of that was a small mess for the petty officers (chief cook, chief steward, boatswain, and carpenter) consisting of four bunks and a table.
Group 5 further reveals a great many fathers who were boatswains (ba°tsman).
What incentive have they to put on, over and above the minimum requirements, a boatswain and carpenter?
It is not proposed to grant gunnery allowance to boatswains who have not undergone the training necessary to qualify for such allowance.
No petty officer or seaman is at present qualified for promotion to gunner or boatswain.
The old-fashioned spelling of "boatswain"has now been transformed into"bosun," and that is the spelling given in the dictionary.
